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Dr Mark Freeman
iCORE Nanoscale Engineering Physics Initiative
Dr Mark Freeman has been named Senior Research Fellow of the iCORE Nanoscale Engineering Physics Initiative, to lead a project in collaboration with Dr Michael Brett. iCORE has committed $500,000 per year for five years for a total of $2.5 million dollars to develop this research group at the University of Alberta. This represents roughly 50 percent of the total budget, which also includes funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Dr Freeman is a physics professor at the University of Alberta.
Biographical
Information
Dr Freeman is considered one of the top
nanotechnology researchers worldwide and
is internationally recognized for his
work on state-of-the-art imaging of magnetic
phenomen in the solid state. He discovered
an experimental means of tuning the boundary
condition for quasiparticle scattering
at the interface between superfluid helium-three
and solid surfaces, opening the door to
observations of much wider range of behavior
of the superfluid order parameter. He
leads a research group that has largely
pioneered stroboscopic and microscopy
techniques to achieve a kind of “movie-making”
for microscopic processes. This has led
to advances in technology by companies
such as Hewlett Packard and IBM among
others. Dr Freeman is the recipient of
numerous awards and honors, including
IBM’s Invention Achievement Award, the
Martha Cook Piper Research Award and NSERC’s
E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship. He is also
an Associate of the new Canadian Institute
for Advanced Research (CIAR) Nanoelectronics
Program.
Research Program
The iCORE Nanoscale Engineering Physics
Initiative will build a research group
and facility to attract faculty of international
calibre to fabricate large-area periodic
nanostructures of high refractive material.
The nanostructured materials fabricated
in the Brett group, coupled with the dynamical
information through ultrafast microscopy
of Freeman’s group, provide the building
blocks for continued improvements in the
density and speed of data storage. Dr
Freeman’s program in particular will explore
novel structures for “wireless” information
transport, using nanomagnetic circuitry,
while continuing to work towards sub-nanometre,
sub-picosecond resolution in scanning
tunneling microscopy.
Research Team
In addition to Drs Freeman and Brett,
the iCORE Nanoscale Engineering Physics
Initiative involves current nanoscience
researchers from physics at the U of A
including Professors Ray Egerton, Frank
Hegmann, Frank Marsiglio, and Al Meldrum,
and incorporates a plan for additional
recruitment in this field. In keeping
with MicroFab’s open access policy, this
initiative will enable industry researchers,
and researchers from other universities,
to access specialized nanoscience equipment
and processes.
Related Links:
Dr Freeman's Homepage
http://nanoscale.phys.ualberta.ca/
National Institute for Nanotechnology
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